Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Dexiarchia > Infraorder Aeolidida > Superfamily Fionoidea > Family Tergipedidae > Genus Cuthona

Cuthona viridis (Forbes, 1840)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cuthona*	Alder & Hancock, 1855	accepted genus name
*Montagua*	Fleming, 1822	later homonym
*Catriona*	Winckworth, 1941	synonym
*Cuthonella*	Bergh, 1884	synonym
*Montagua*	Fleming, 1822	synonym
*Xenocratena*	Odhner, 1940	synonym

Species group names

*Eolis leuckhartii*	Vérany, 1846	synonym
*Eolis northumbrica*	Alder & Hancock, 1844	synonym
*Montagua viridis*	Forbes, 1840	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Bleakney, J.S. 1996. Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine. The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax. 216 p.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	ITIS database

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Cuthona viridis (Forbes, 1840). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141636